jquery: Remove Default Text Values on Focus

Posted: September 1st, 2008 | Author: Daniel Higginbotham | Filed under: Javascript, Programming | No Comments »
function remove_defaults(){
  $("input[@type=text]")
    .each(function(){
      this.default_value = this.value
    })
  $("input[@type=text]")
    .focus(function(){
      if(this.value == this.default_value) {
        this.value = ""
      }
    })
    .end()
}

$(remove_defaults)